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单词 right whale
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right whale

noun

: any of several large baleen whales (family Balaenidae and especially genus Eubalaena) that lack a dorsal fin and have very long baleen plates, an extremely large head with a V-shaped blowhole, a smooth throat, short, broad, rounded flippers, and whitish protuberances of thickened skin about the head

Illustration of right whale

Illustration of right whale

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In April, a North Atlantic right whale that gave birth in December 2021 while entangled in rope was spotted with her calf in the waters off Cape Cod. Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022 The government has violated both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act by failing to protect the North Atlantic right whale, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled Friday. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 July 2022 Some southern right whale populations have rebounded. Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 4 July 2022 Meanwhile, the warmer water has caused other species to migrate to the area, including the endangered right whale. Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2022 This area near the Nantucket Shoals wasn’t always such a right whale hot spot. Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022 But climate change is already compounding the right whale’s woes. Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022 Clay George has spent much of the last 15 winters on a boat, scouring the waters between Charleston and Jacksonville for one of the rarest large whale species on the planet, the North Atlantic right whale. Drew Kann, ajc, 29 Dec. 2021 North Atlantic right whale recording provided with the kind permission of the Watkins Marine Mammal Sound Database / New Bedford Whaling Museum. Scientific American Custom Media, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1725, in the meaning defined above

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